As the results of final season college tournaments roll in the “big guns” of oregon HS wrestling are not represented well. With all the talk about offering the best opportunities for kids to reach the next level by excellent coaching and out of state opportunities for competition against the best, the results just aren’t there yet this year:

Jason Shaner leads the way as national champion for Clackamas out of whatever that “weak” district Hood River comes out of.

Austin Lister out of the lowly PIL snags a 2nd at his national tournament.

Dax Bennet who grew up wrestling on one those side mats at the coliseum gets on the stand.

Brawley “Benedict Arnold” Lamar looks like he has the next couple weeks off with an non qualifying finish at the Pac 6 but finishes 2 spots ahead of local hero Logan Meek.

Those good old Oregon boys down south scored 1 whole point at their natty. Looks like its back to the drawing table for another year for Ritchie.

Where is successful late season representation of oregons “top” programs and wrestlers. How are Joey Costes and Phillip Kues seasons at Ohio State going to turn out?

Big players such as Newberg, Crook County, Roseburg and the I 5 all stars are mildly absent when it counts. It sounds these coaching staffs should have summits with coaches from Hood River and Wilson HS to gain strategies on how to train wrestlers to move on successfully to “the next level”.